Posted on 18/06/07
Mad-cow lawsuit allowed to proceed
A Quebec Superior Court ruling has given the go-ahead to a multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit targeting the federal government's actions during the mad-cow crisis.The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 20,000 Quebec farmers in 2005, who say Ottawa's mismanagement of the BSE file led to billions of dollars in losses for the country's cattle industry.
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